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One Small Voice: Vets had more courage than Trump
by Lynn Mandaville Tonight I am looking at a relic of the Vietnam War. No, it’s not my husband. It’s a nickel-plated bracelet inscribed with the name of a POW…
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Senator Gary Peters visits carpenters’ training center
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (with Navy hat) stopped in earlier this week at the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters Training Center in Wayland "to learn about their program and discuss…
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Graveside service set for Thursday for Carey Zoet, 54
Carey John Zoet, age 54, of Burnips, died Wednesday, Sept. 2. His earthly struggles are over and he is now at peace in his heavenly home. He will be lovingly…
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It was a bad day for Viking harriers at Otsego meet
It wasn’t a good day for Hopkins Thursday at the This One invitational meet in Otsego. The Viking boys finished fourth among four teams with 98 team points while the…
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Norm Taylor’s candidacy for council? ‘I hope he fails’
ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. When Barack Obama was elected president of the United States in November 2008, “right-thinking…
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Candidates for State Rep., Congress to visit Wayland
Candidates for 72nd District state representative and Sixth District U.S. Congress will be special guests at a political event from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at Wayland…
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Students may be able to use Watson Hall for Internet
Watson Township Treasurer Sue Jones Thursday night proposed to her colleagues that the township be opened up to students who need Internet access to do their homework. Jones said Internet…
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Basura: Trump calls vets who died ‘losers & suckers’
“Lord, don't they help themselves, y'all But when the taxman comes to the door Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yeah It ain't me It ain't me I…
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Mrs. Ewing was World War II machinist, Weick’s clerk
Mary Lou Ewing, 96, of Hopkins, died Tuesday, Sept. 1, at Allegan Country Estate. Born Sept. 14, 1923, in Grand Rapids, she was the daughter of William and Christine (Meyers)…
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Area high school fall sports games are back in business
"Friday night lights" are back. The fall 2020 football season was reinstated Thursday by the Representative Council of the Michigan High School Athletic Association after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Executive Order…